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Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.
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This article is published in Social Forces.The article was published on 1994-01-01. It has received 3835 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social control theory.read more
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Boys' Disruptive Behaviour, School Adjustment, and Delinquency: The Montreal Prevention Experiment:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss interim goals for prevention programs designed to reduce antisocial behaviour and describe effects of one such programme in which kindergarten teachers identified their most disruptive boys, some of whom were randomly allocated to a two-year treatment programme.
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Weighing the Consequences of a Deviant Career: Factors Leading to an Exit from Prostitution
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how individuals leave sex work and examine the transition by focusing on either structural/economic conditions that keep them in the trade or internal changes that prompt exiting.
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The Tripartite Conceptual Framework in Adolescence and Adulthood: Evidence from a National Sample:
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TL;DR: The relationship between substance use and crime was investigated by Goldstein et al. as discussed by the authors, who found an important role for alcohol use as an influence on violence, and both adolescent and adult involvement in illicit drug markets as a risk factor for violent crime and victimization.
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Mothering as a Life Course Transition: Do Women Go Straight for Their Children?
TL;DR: In this article, qualitative, in-depth interviews were conducted with 100 formerly incarcerated mothers to explore the relationship between attachment to children and desistance from criminal behavior, and found that mothers do believe that children play important roles in their desistance, consistent with the tenets of life course theory.